Nebraska Gov. Ricketts Applauds President Trump's WOTUS Rollback
January 24, 2020
January 24, 2020
LINCOLN, Nebraska, Jan. 24 -- Gov. Pete Ricketts, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release:
Governor Pete Ricketts praised President Donald J. Trump and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for a new rule that rolls back President Barack Obama's 2015 rule pertaining to the Clean Water Act. The 2015 rule had stretched the bounds of the EPA's authority beyond its constitutional scope by expansively defining "Waters of the United States " (WOTUS).
Governor Pete Ricketts praised President Donald J. Trump and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for a new rule that rolls back President Barack Obama's 2015 rule pertaining to the Clean Water Act. The 2015 rule had stretched the bounds of the EPA's authority beyond its constitutional scope by expansively defining "Waters of the United States " (WOTUS).